In Praise Of Worldbuilding

in praise of worldbuilding

Sterling silver foxes. That’s all.

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They can steal your laughter??!! And that can kill you!!! They have cities made of shiny metal They wear a ton of jewelry They are actually human looking I believe but their ears are pointy If I were to be any dark mage it would be them because I too love collecting shiny rocks and looking at them Basically geologists kingdoms and empires jaclyn moriarty Info gathered from these books: the extremely inconvenient adventures of bronte mettlestone the astonishing chronicles of oscar from elsewhere the slightly alarming tales of the whispering war the stolen prince of cloudburst worldbuilding magic systems Oh and I forgot this: If your laughter is stolen your skin will start to become blue Also it took me way too long to get the pun in their name because I did an audiobook of the first one in the series and wasn’t paying Attention until a couple books later lol

karathespellbinder

6 months ago

Bronte Mettlestone/Alejandro the ex-pirate is my Kingdoms and Empires OTP, but I also really love Imogen and Oscar. They are all just kids rn but I love imagining them all grown up and supporting each other!

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bronte mettlestone alejandro of Cloudburst Idk what Alejandro’s last name is kingdoms and empires jaclyn moriarty the extremely inconvenient adventures of bronte mettlestone the astonishing chronicles of oscar from elsewhere Bronte/Alejandro Oscar/Imogen I’m going to try to post somewhat daily for a bit so enjoy that ig

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karathespellbinder

6 months ago

Guide to the thread magic of the Kingdoms and Empires series by Jaclyn Moriarty

Colors of thread: | Name of thread/magic:

red and black | shadow thread/magic, dark magic

green and gold | binding thread, spellbinding

blue and silver | bright thread/magic, true magic

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kingdoms and empires jaclyn moriarty the extremely inconvenient adventures of bronte mettlestone the whispering wars the slightly alarming tales of the whispering war the stolen prince of cloudburst the astonishing chronicles of oscar from elsewhere the secret of lillian velvet magic systems I like these color combos so much. shadow magic spellbinding bright magic magic thread idrk how the magic works without the threads but it does! pretty cool ig. might make another post about that later lol

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karathespellbinder

6 months ago

If I had a nickel for every time the rules of ancient magic are lost to time and become only the realm of the isolated academic despite once being known by everyone, and when the magic returns no one believes it except for the few people who have been chosen by the magic already and the specialized scholars, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't very much, but it's still kinda weird that it happened twice, yeah?

p.s. It’s in two of my favorite books, The Stolen Prince of Cloudburst by Jaclyn Moriarty and The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson.

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if i had a nickel kingdoms and empires the stolen prince of cloudburst jaclyn moriarty classical weavers and fiends surgebinding knights radiant brandon sanderson the way of kings first oath stormlight archive the parallels I love these series so much It’s such a juicy trope too so much potential if you know any other stories with a similar trope please tell me!

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karathespellbinder

6 months ago

"Aunt Carrie rolled her eyes. "My point, Esther, is that I forbid you to say even one more time--" She paused and echoed my words angrily: "I'm just Esther.""

The Stolen Prince of Cloudburst by Jaclyn Moriarty, page 351.

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the stolen prince of cloudburst jaclyn moriarty book quotes kingdoms and empires esther mettlestone-staranise Carabella the great Aunt Carrie best aunt Esther's low self-esteem and constant comparisons of herself with her sisters breaks my heart she is too relatable self esteem

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karathespellbinder

6 months ago

¡¡spoilery thoughts!!

SPOILERS FOR BOOK 5

The Secret of Lillian Velvet by Jaclyn Moriarty

Every action that the Mettlestones have taken has been so important to the world that without them it would be an apocalypse. They are so powerful 🥺 and brave 🥺 especially Bronte and Esther 🥺 but mostly Lillian 😭 she is pure starlight and I cry about how much I love her. frequently

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bronte mettlestone kingdoms and empires jaclyn moriarty Lillian Velvet the secret of lillian velvet esther mettlestone-staranise the extremely inconvenient adventures of bronte mettlestone the stolen prince of cloudburst the slightly alarming tales of the whispering war the whispering wars fangirling [incoherent screaming] MY BABIES i love them so much Everyone should read this lol

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